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Dittman Strikes Kansas Gold At 81 Speedway

By John Lemon

Park City, Kansas (October 3, 2009) - Frank Dittman of Moore, Oklahoma took his third A Feature win in four Oil Capital Racing Series attempts Saturday night at the famed 81 Speedway in Wichita, Kansas. The event was the first ever at 81 Speedway and produced a field of 37 race teams.

Oklahoma City hot shoe Joe Wood Jr. started in row two of the 25 lap affair and wheeled his J.D. Porter Racing's #71 racer sponsored by Jeff's Performance and BKG Graphics into the lead at the drop of the green flag and led the first 6 circuits. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver Jonathan Beason chased Wood during those first six laps in the Broken Arrow Lawn and Garden racer until taking the top spot for himself on the seventh lap. Beason led until lap number 16 when Wood went back out front briefly. Wood then encountered racings tough love as he was forced pit-side on lap 17 when his brakes failed thus giving Beason back the lead.

Three laps later, a yellow would slow the action for Johnny Kent who spun. On the restart, Dittman snared the lead from Beason in his Bishop Racing Components / Ratti Kool Grapfics #83 mount and he would lead the rest of the way for the win. Beason would cross the stripe in second only to be disqualified for a weight infraction in post race inspection. A similar fate struck Michelle Decker. Decker hit the checkers behind Beason for what would of been a third place finish (second after Beason's DQ) but was also dq'd herself for having a non approved right rear tire.

Waylon Weaver was credited with second after the official finish was posted with Dean Drake Jr. third, Travis Jenkins fourth and point leader Jamie Passmore fifth. Dittman was also victorious in the Dash for Cash race.

The first of two B features was won by Ty Williams followed by Johnny Kent, Taylor Milton, Tanner Mullins and David Dutton. The second B main found Evan Sewell the winner with David Stephenson, Brian Roberts and Keith Bolton and Phillips Davis next.

Fred Mattox flipped in the third heat while Kris Miller turned over in the second B Feature. Both drivers walked away.

The next race for the OCRS sprint cars is next Friday October 9, at the Outlaw Motor Speedway in Wainwright, Oklahoma.

OCRS Sprints

HEAT 1: 1, Jonathan Beason. 2, Joe Wood, Jr. 3, Earl McDoulett. 4, David Stephenson. 5, Brian Roberts. 6, Keith Bolton. 7, Kacee Frazier. 8, Burt Davis.

HEAT 2: 1, Larry Neighbors. 2, Dean Drake, Jr. 3, Jamie McDonald. 4, Kyle Clark. 5, Phillip Davis. 6, David Dutton. 7, Kurt Gariss. 8, Jeff Garnett.

HEAT 3: 1, Mike Goodman. 2, Brian Herbert. 3, Waylon Weaver. 4, Ty Williams. 5, Tanner Mullins. 6, Nathan Campbell. 7, Fred Mattox.

HEAT 4: 1, Frank Dittman. 2, Rafe Essary. 3, Matt Sherrell. 4, Jamie Passmore. 5, Evan Sewell. 6, Johnny Kent. 7, Kris Miller.

HEAT 5: 1, Travis Jenkins. 2, Michele Decker. 3, Danny Smith. 4, Taylor Milton. 5, Terry Easum. 6, Dustyn Caudle. 7, Michael Tyre II.

SAME DAY AUTO REPAIR DASH: 1, Frank Dittman. 2, Mike Goodman. 3, Jonathan Beason. 4, Joe Wood, Jr. 5, Travis Jenkins. DNS: Larry Neighbors.

B FEATURE: 1, Ty Williams. 2, Johnny Kent. 3, Taylor Milton. 4, Tanner Mullins. 5, David Dutton. 6, Kurt Gariss. 7, Jeff Garnett. 8, Michael Tyre II. 9, Terry Easum. DNS: Fred Mattox, Burt Davis.

B FEATURE: 1, Evan Sewell. 2, David Stephenson. 3, Brian Roberts. 4, Keith Bolton. 5, Phillip Davis. 6, Dustyn Caudle. 7, Kacee Frazier. 8, Nathan Campbell. 9, Kris Miller.

A FEATURE: 1, Frank Dittman. 2, Waylon Weaver. 3, Dean Drake, Jr. 4, Travis Jenkins. 5, Jamie Passmore. 6, Matt Sherrell. 7, Rafe Essary. 8, Danny Smith. 9, Kyle Clark. 10, Earl McDoulett. 11, David Stephenson. 12, Johnny Kent. 13, Joe Wood, Jr. 14, Mike Goodman. 15, Jamie McDonald. 16, Brian Herbert. 17, Evan Sewell. 18, Ty Williams. 19, Jonathan Beason. (DQ). 20, Michele Decker. (DQ). DNS: Larry Neighbors.